Loro 1 (2018)

A film about the life of Silvio Berlusconi.

Director:

Paolo Sorrentino

Writers:

Paolo Sorrentino (story), Paolo Sorrentino (screenplay)

Stars:

Toni Servillo, Elena Sofia Ricci, Riccardo Scamarcio

7 wins & 22 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Toni Servillo	...	Silvio Berlusconi
Elena Sofia Ricci	...	Veronica Lario
Riccardo Scamarcio	...	Sergio Morra
Kasia Smutniak	...	Kira
Euridice Axen	...	Tamara
Fabrizio Bentivoglio	...	Santino Recchia
Roberto De Francesco	...	Fabrizio Sala
Dario Cantarelli	...	Paolo Spagnolo
Anna Bonaiuto	...	Cupa Caiafa
Giovanni Esposito	...	Mariano Apicella
Ugo Pagliai	...	Mike Bongiorno
Ricky Memphis	...	Riccardo Pasta
Duccio Camerini	...	Rocco Barbaro
Yann Gael	...	Michel Martinez
Lorenzo Gioielli	...	Senatore

Storyline

A film about the life of Silvio Berlusconi.

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Plot Keywords:

controversial | italian politics | rome italy | politics | politician | 

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Taglines:

Tutto vero, tutto falso (All true, all false)

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Genres:

Biography | Drama

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Did You Know?

Trivia

Toni Servillo meets Paolo Sorrentino for the fifth time in his career after the director's first film L'uomo in più (2001), The Consequences of Love (2003), Il Divo (2008), winner of the Jury Prize in Cannes and La Grande Bellezza, Oscar for the best foreign film.

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Alternate Versions

The 145 minutes cut of the movie, simply called "Loro", was shown in italian cinemas on September 13, 2018. This new cut, which combines scenes from both "Loro 1" and "Loro 2", has been made in order to allow the movie to run for the 91st Academy Awards and to compete in international festivals as a standalone film.

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Connections

Followed by Loro 2 (2018)

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Soundtracks

Caje (Album Edit)
Performed by Nicone & Sascha Braemer Feat. Narra

User Reviews

A WASTED OPPORTUNITY TO TELL A GREAT STORY

SEEN THIS TWO-PARTER AS ONE MOVIE (AS WAS INTENDED FOR INTERNATIONAL RELEASE, I THINK)

This movie establishes a great, great premise. It's about a guy who wants to be recognized by the great Silvio Berlusconi so bad that he would probably be willing to suck some if he had to. He is not the most sympathetic person in the world and has questionable morals, but in the end he is probably only at fault because his mind and principles are set on the wrong goal. But it's not easy, because Berlusconi is an enigma, a man that is hard to reach. This larger than life character of Berlusconi is then slowly established from little word of mouth stories here and there that different characters share in conversations.

Well, after the first 45 minutes the protagonist (?) of the story completely disappears from the movie never to be seen again. And the rest of the film then follows Silvio Berlusconi who just sits at home and bickers with his wife. He's just some old guy. Then the movie ends.

There is also some sort of symbolism with a Jesus on the cross statue at the very end? So does this mean there is some religious meaning behind all this? Who knows.

Besides being mostly boring, the movie also doesn't provide much knowledge or character about the real life Silvio Berlusconi. So really, for me the movie fails both on the entertainment level as far as a good story goes, and then also on educational level.

On the bright side - the talent involved in the making shows.

I'd say give it a pass.

Details

Official Sites:

Official Facebook Official site [UK]

Country:

Italy France

Language:

Italian

Release Date:

20 September 2019 (USA)

Also Known As:

Loro 1

Filming Locations:

Rieti, Lazio, Italy

Box Office

Cumulative Worldwide Gross:

$6,521,238

Company Credits

Production Co:

Indigo Film, Pathé, France 2 Cinéma

Technical Specs

Runtime:

104 min

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1